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Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > Cartoons & comic strips
Marvel Comics artist Scott Koblish (Deadpool, Spider-Man) has been
illustrating his own demise for many years in morbidly funny,
4-panel black-and-white comics. He's the one person struck by a
comet, suddenly overrun by a pack of baboons, resting under the
precarious rock tipped by a single bird, or the target of his
daughter's (of course homicidal) teddy bear come to life. Though
it's always Scott on the receiving end, the comics perfectly
capture that irrational feeling we all have that everything can go
very wrong in one irrevocable instant. Slapstick, surreal, and
eerily plausible, with extended scenarios and pops of color
throughout, this collection of cosmic reckonings shows that, if the
end is nigh, at least you'll die laughing.
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"--BusinessWeek"
"But I Really Wanted to Be an Anthropologist" is an introduction to
the world of Margaux, a charming 30-something living in Paris,
navigating the world as an illustrator. This diary documents her
day-to-day existence with her boyfriend and young daughter,
drinking and smoking, and the difficulties of a persistent and
precocious child. Anyone who's ever worn inappropriate shoes to the
supermarket or danced around the house in their underwear will be
charmed by Motin's irreverent humor.
Praise for "But I Really Wanted to Be an Anthropologist"
"A great choice for a beach read--or a guilty pleasure."
--"Publishers Weekly"
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